Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:2

Monday, August 4, 2008

No one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are. But now God has shown us a way to be made right with him without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings of Moses and the prophets long ago. We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes no matter who we are. For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard. Yet God, with undeserved kindness, declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past, for he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself if fair and just, and he declares sinners to be right in his sight when they believe in Jesus.~ Romans 3:20-26(New Living Translation)

And here are the lyrics to one of my favorite songs...

Incomplete it all beganThe broken state that I was inI wished that I was someone elseCause’ I was lost inside myselfI started seeing who I amThe day my life with you beganYou clearly solved the mysteryThat finding you meant finding me.

God, I’ve fallen to my kneesI’m bowing at your feetI give you all of meIn you I am completeIt’s all because of loveI’m not who I wasI’m who I’m meant to beIn you I am complete

God who doesn’t need at allI heard your voice I felt Your callIt’s echoing I can not shake you off.The stars that shine they bear your nameThey sing the song that gives you praiseYou’ve captured meMy heart is lifting off

I’ve got to tell the world about the thingsYou’ve doneI want to shout it out, I’m going to live it nowAmazing grace is why I’m singing

I love that song called, "Complete"! It is from the new Kutless album - "To Know that You're Alive". Aren't the words great?

And finally, does anyone have any thoughts on post topics or discussions we could start having on this blog? I would love to see this blog pick up again and see it encourage those who read it. Let me know if any of you have any ideas.~Zoe

Verse of the Month: September

To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.